skive (redirected from skived)

skive  (skv)

tr.v. skived, skiv·ing, skives

To cut thin layers off (leather or rubber, for example); pare.

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[Of Scandinavian origin; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]

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skive¹

vb

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) (tr) to shave or remove the surface of (leather)

[from Old Norse skifa; related to English dialect shive a slice of bread]

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skive²

vb

(when intr, often foll by off) Brit informal to evade (work or responsibility)

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

skive - remove the surface of; "skive leather" shave - touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing"

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skive

verb (Brit. informal) slack, idle, shirk, dodge, skulk, malinger, swing the lead, gold-brick (U.S. slang), bob off (Brit. slang), bludge (Austral. & N.Z. informal), scrimshank (Brit. military slang) The company treated me as though I were skiving.

Translations

skive [skaɪv] (Brit)

A. VI (= not work) → gandulear, haraganear; (= disappear) → escabullirse, escaquearse, rajarse(LAm)

B. N to be on the skive; have a good skive → gandulear, no hacer nada

skive off

A. VI + ADV (Brit) (= not work) → gandulear, haraganear; (= disappear) → escabullirse, escaquearse, rajarse(LAm)

B. VI + PREP to skive off school → hacer novillos, hacer la rabona

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skive [ˈskaɪv] (British) vi → tirer au flanc

skive off

(British)

vt fus [+ lesson] → sécher
to skive off school → sécher les cours

vi → sécher les cours

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skive (Brit inf)

n to be on the skive → blaumachen (inf); (from school etc) → schwänzen (inf); to have a good skive → sich (dat) → einen schönen Tag machen (inf), → sich vor der Arbeit drücken

vi → blaumachen (inf); (from school etc) → schwänzen (inf)

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skive [skaɪv] vi (Brit) (fam) → fare il/la lavativo/a
to skive off → svignarsela, filarsela

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skive [skaɪv] vi (Brit) (fam) → fare il/la lavativo/a
to skive off → svignarsela, filarsela

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skive → (يشرِّح بكشط (بكشط جلد الحيوان ulít (se) z práce pjække drücken (sich) λουφάρω faltar a clase, gandulear lintsata tirer au flanc zabušavati oziare 仕事をサボる 의무를 저버리다 drukken (zich) splitte lenić się evitar trabalhar увиливать skolka หนีงาน kaytarmak trốn tránh trách nhiệm 割成薄片